Frank Dunphy’s Damien Hirst auction will be held at Sotheby’s
Damien Hirst’s former business manager Frank Dunphy is to auction off 200 pieces from his extensive art collection in a pair of sales at Sotheby’s. Rare works from Hirst and […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-06-22
Copley’s O’Brien decoy auction will star $600,000 dovetailed goose
The Earnest-Gregory Dovetailed Goose – one of the most celebrated duck decoys in history – will sell at Copley Fine Art Auctions next month. It is the highlight of the third […]
By Dan Wade
2018-06-19
Frida Kahlo V&A exhibition to celebrate her life in fashion
A new exhibition at the V&A Museum in London will showcase clothing and personal possessions belonging to the celebrated Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Titled Frida Kahlo: Making Herself Up (on […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-06-18
Andy Warhol cryptocurrency auction to take place in London
A print by Andy Warhol is to become the most valuable work of art ever sold to buyers using cryptocurrencies. The work, titled 14 Small Electric Chairs, is to be […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-06-09
Suprematist Kazimir Malevich’s correspondence to sell
A collection of correspondence and writings connected with Russian suprematist artist Kazimir Malevich will auction at Bonhams. The 340-piece collection forms part of the house’s sale of fine books and […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-06-06
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition to run until August 19
London’s Royal Academy Summer Exhibition is curated this year by iconoclastic British artist Grayson Perry. The annual open show celebrates artists of all stripes, from venerable members of the Academy to […]
By Tom Meyrick
Early Van Gogh landscape painting auctions for $8.2 million
Artcurial has auctioned an early landscape painting by Vincent van Gogh for $8.2m. Raccommodeuses de filets dans les dunes (Fishing Net Menders in the Dunes) dates to 1882, when Van Gogh […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-06-05
Matisse’s Mary Hutchinson drawing could sell for $4 million
A drawing of the writer and socialite Mary Hutchinson by Henri Matisse will sell with an estimate of £2m-3m ($2.6m-4m) at Sotheby’s on June 19. Hutchinson was a member of […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-06-04
Picassos’s Femme dans un Fauteuil to sell on June 20
Pablo Picasso’s Femme dans un fauteuil (1942), a portrait of his muse Dora Maar, will cross the block at Christie’s London on June 20. There’s no estimate on the work, […]
2018-05-25
MC Escher’s relativity sets new world records
A lithograph print of MC Escher’s Relativity (1953) achieved a new world record for the artist at Bonhams on May 22, with a final result of $92,500. This is Escher’s […]
By Tom Meyrick
2018-05-24
Painting confirmed as Rembrandt following 2016 sale
A 17th century portrait of a young man has been confirmed as the work of old master Rembrandt van Rijn. The painting sold at Christie’s in 2016. Back then it […]
2018-05-16
Kazimir Malevich’s Suprematist Composition sets artist record
Russian-Polish artist Kazimir Malevich’s Suprematist Composition (1916) realised $85.8m at Christie’s New York on May 15, setting a new record for his work at auction. Malevich’s previous record was $60m, […]
Modigliani’s Nu couche (sur le cote gauche) makes $157.2m
Amadeo Modigliani’s Nu couché (sur le côté gauche), one of the artist’s most important works, sold for $157.2m at Sotheby’s New York last night (May 14). The result is an […]
2018-05-15
The Met’s Heavenly Bodies exhibition explores Catholic fashion
If you make a habit of perusing the celebrity section, you may well already be aware of the theme that informed this year’s Met Gala at New York’s Metropolitan Museum […]
2018-05-14
Frank Lloyd Wright windows to star in New York sale
A collection of stained glass windows by singular American architect Frank Lloyd Wright are to star in Sotheby’s Important Design auction in New York on May 24. Among the highlights […]
